--- title: Beyoncé Twins: Tina Knowles Hints at Origin of Rumi name description: Beyonce's mother has given some insight into the name of Beyonce's newborn daughter Rumi. canonical: https://time.com/4861596/beyonce-twins-rumi-meaning/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-17T20:02:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:23:42.685Z og:title: Beyoncé's Mom Hints at the Inspiration for One Twin's Name og:description: Ms. Tina has some new insights to share about the world's most famous twins og:url: https://time.com/4861596/beyonce-twins-rumi-meaning/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf065120565a0ce58/6988d5a6656a3f0603bd0d10/gettyimages-676359458.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3126 og:image:height: 1758 og:image:alt: Utah Jazz v LA Clippers - Game Seven og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé's Mom Hints at the Inspiration for One Twin's Name twitter:description: Ms. Tina has some new insights to share about the world's most famous twins twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf065120565a0ce58/6988d5a6656a3f0603bd0d10/gettyimages-676359458.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé's Mom Hints at the Inspiration Behind One of the Twins' Names > Sponsored content. 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Beyoncé’s first photo of twins evokes the same theme as her pregnancy announcement_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 17, 2017 8:02 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 17, 2017 8:02 PM UTC While [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4859048/beyonce-twins-celebrity-reactions/) blessed us with [a beautiful first look at her one-month-old twins](http://time.com/4842522/beyonce-jayz-twins-rumi-poet/), Sir and Rumi last Friday morning, it was her mother, [Ms. Tina Lawson,](http://time.com/4560575/beyonce-mom-formation-costume/) who kindly provided the Internet [with some extra information about the brand-new babies’ gender](http://time.com/4858415/beyoncemom-tina-knowles-twins-instagram-photo/). Now, it looks like Ms. Tina has some new insights to share about the most famous twins in the world — this time, about the name of baby girl Rumi. In an Instagram posted on Sunday, Ms. Tina published a picture of poetry by 13th century Persian poet Rumi, along with a caption that sagely explained that the poetry was “not only beautiful but logical.” Longtime members of Beyoncé’s fan base the BeyHive will remember that Beyoncé is a fan of poetry — so much so that she used poet Warsan Shire’s poetry as an integral part of her [_Lemonade_](http://time.com/4631309/beyonce-lemonade-impact/) album, which means there’s a pretty good chance that little Rumi’s name may have been inspired the poet. 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